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and that the bahrainan government has a legitimate interest in the rule of law. lev nevertheless, we have insisted publicly and privately that mass arrests and brute force are at odds with the rights of bahrain's citizens. and we won't -- and in such steps will not make legitimate calls for reform go away. the only way forward is for the government and opposition to engage in a dialogue. and you can't have a real dialogue when parts of the peaceful opposition are in jail. >>> the government must create the conditions for dialogue, and the opposition must participate to forge a just future for all bahrainis. indeed, one of the broaders lessons to be drawn from this period is sectian divides need not lead to conflict. we saw a multiethnic, multisectarian democracy. the iraqi people have rejected the perils of political violence in favor of a democratic process. even as they have taken full responsibility for their own security. of course, like all new democracies, they will face setbacks. but iraq is poised to play a key role in the region if it continues its peace
and that the bahrainan government has a legitimate interest in the rule of law. lev nevertheless, we have insisted publicly and privately that mass arrests and brute force are at odds with the rights of bahrain's citizens. and we won't -- and in such steps will not make legitimate calls for reform go away. the only way forward is for the government and opposition to engage in a dialogue. and you can't have a real dialogue when parts of the peaceful opposition are in jail. >>> the...
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so when a troublesome case comes up, a tricky case, a case that has law questions, they go to cincinnati -- i'm sorry, to the lawyers in washington. that's what that technical eo unit you were talking about earlier is all about. we do have this heavy handed indication of washington, washington, washington. >> sleazy intonation that suggests in the war movies, call berlin like there's some sort of washington or hollywood. in this case, it doesn't mean washington generally. it means their head office. >> that's right. look, we've seen the selective release of transcripts. when i see them at first i think there's something there. you go back and look at the fuller transcript that was released after that. and the picture is a lot more muddied. it suggests a person in cincinnati consulting the lawyers in washington. what does this mean? and then the lawyers in washington saying, can you send us a couple of those case so we can look at them? that doesn't mean something wrong didn't happen here. it doesn't mean that these delays weren't unconscionable. it's a very different picture from the whi
so when a troublesome case comes up, a tricky case, a case that has law questions, they go to cincinnati -- i'm sorry, to the lawyers in washington. that's what that technical eo unit you were talking about earlier is all about. we do have this heavy handed indication of washington, washington, washington. >> sleazy intonation that suggests in the war movies, call berlin like there's some sort of washington or hollywood. in this case, it doesn't mean washington generally. it means their...
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you have had the justice department saying that the texas law, and the south carolina law, violate the voting rights act. and all over the country, you're seeing real resistance to it, but there are some places like pennsylvania where the voting rights act isn't as relevant and we don't know how that's going to play out. >> in terms of the real world impact of these disenfranchising laws. at this point, time and short and the river is rising. whether or not these things are in the long term going to be upheld constitutionally, whether or not they're susceptible to litigation or oblique forms of political resistance in the long term, the real question is what is going to hap in in time for the november election. how are these things going to be resolved, especially in the swing states where they are going to be newly in place for november? >> it's a scary prospect. all of us should be doing everything we can to make sure that people get the id they need as much as possible. to let people know that even if these obstacles are there, they can still vote. there have been barriers placed in
you have had the justice department saying that the texas law, and the south carolina law, violate the voting rights act. and all over the country, you're seeing real resistance to it, but there are some places like pennsylvania where the voting rights act isn't as relevant and we don't know how that's going to play out. >> in terms of the real world impact of these disenfranchising laws. at this point, time and short and the river is rising. whether or not these things are in the long...
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anton scalia said he did not have a falling out with justice john roberts over the health care law. morgan persisted, loud exchange of words, scalia said, quote, no, no, nothing like that. >>> white house speaker john boehner calls the controversy over mitt romney's tax returns are a distraction. >>> nancy pelosi told politico she has a plan to win back control of the house and she has traveled around the country raising $60 million to help democratic candidates in november. >>> what's middle class in america? well, the "christian science monitor" says the president has defined it as a family that makes up to $250,000 a year. but mitt romney said that someone who falls into poverty, quote, is still middle class. >>> jamie vengell says chris christie will deliver the key note speech at the republican conference next month. that means if past practice follows, he would not be the vice presidential nominee. >>> a new ban on visible tattoos is going into effect. but this ban will only affect members of the capitol hill police, not politicians. and that's your morning dish of scrambled p
anton scalia said he did not have a falling out with justice john roberts over the health care law. morgan persisted, loud exchange of words, scalia said, quote, no, no, nothing like that. >>> white house speaker john boehner calls the controversy over mitt romney's tax returns are a distraction. >>> nancy pelosi told politico she has a plan to win back control of the house and she has traveled around the country raising $60 million to help democratic candidates in november....
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that's the law too. >> that's international law. >> same international law that says that you can't -- that the u.n. security council can't act without russia's approval. >> isn't this precisely the paradox? when he is talking in that op-ed about what international law is, he is basically rebuking the u.s. for threatening to use force outside of the two situations that are lawful under the u.n. charter, which is a security council relugs, even with all five vetoing members going along with it, or in self-defense. he is correct about that, isn't he? >> this is the problem with the current state of international law. >> thank you, yes. >> in the sense that if you happen to be a friend of one of the permanent members of the security council, you don't really have to worry about the law against mass murdering of your civilians being enforced. that's what assad is profiting from, because putin is saying no, no, no, whenever the security council wants to investigate assad's atrocities. whenever it wants to send the atrocities to the international criminal court. when it even wants to condem
that's the law too. >> that's international law. >> same international law that says that you can't -- that the u.n. security council can't act without russia's approval. >> isn't this precisely the paradox? when he is talking in that op-ed about what international law is, he is basically rebuking the u.s. for threatening to use force outside of the two situations that are lawful under the u.n. charter, which is a security council relugs, even with all five vetoing members...
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in a democratic system based on the rule of law and dedicated to protecting the rights of all citizens, regardless of ethnicity, religion, sect or gender. we understand the strong desire of the syrian people that no foreign
in a democratic system based on the rule of law and dedicated to protecting the rights of all citizens, regardless of ethnicity, religion, sect or gender. we understand the strong desire of the syrian people that no foreign
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here's what the law said, this is bipartisan as this whole thing should have been. secretary paulson suggested the basic approach. some large institutions too big to fail without taking account of the consequences, so have the power in federal officials to step in, put those institutions out of business. as i said, i have one disagreement with sarah palin. she was right we enacted death penalties for big banks, not old ladies, and the bank is abolished. some of the debts may have to be paid to prevent there from being contagion but any penny advanced by law has to be recovered by the secretary of the treasury from the largest institutions in america. what happened with aig and other institutions, that cannot happen again. can you not if you are overly indebted receive help from the federal government paying your debts and stay in existence. >> here's the reality, maria bartiromo. you look at the favorability of wall street firms, still very negative, 42% on the negative side in our latest poll. as i talk to ceos this week and bankers, they say, look, one of the issu
here's what the law said, this is bipartisan as this whole thing should have been. secretary paulson suggested the basic approach. some large institutions too big to fail without taking account of the consequences, so have the power in federal officials to step in, put those institutions out of business. as i said, i have one disagreement with sarah palin. she was right we enacted death penalties for big banks, not old ladies, and the bank is abolished. some of the debts may have to be paid to...
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so the imflamigration law for yg people to get a chance, every american deserves a chance and those who come and look for that chance is what makes america great. i think their coming will make us better and stronger and not weaker. >> reverend jackson, always good to have you on the program. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you. >> we'll take one more look at the white house where again 1:15 this afternoon we'll hear from the president and get new details on the new immigration policy. we'll be back with more after this. oto. this summer, save up to 30%, plus get up to $100 on us. welcome to hotels.com. you know that comes with a private island? really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow! [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet?
so the imflamigration law for yg people to get a chance, every american deserves a chance and those who come and look for that chance is what makes america great. i think their coming will make us better and stronger and not weaker. >> reverend jackson, always good to have you on the program. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you. >> we'll take one more look at the white house where again 1:15 this afternoon we'll hear from the president and get new details on the new...
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it's law that just makes sense. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] well hello, welcome to hotels.com. summer road trip, huh? uhuh yep uch let's find you a room. at hotels.com, you'll always find the perfect hotel. because we only do hotels. wow. i like that. nice no. laugh... awe uch ooh, yeah hmm nice huh book it! oh boy call me... this summer, we're finding you the perfect place - plus giving you up to $100 at hotels.com >>> the top of the show, we ask why are you awake? our producer has our answer. >> great show up up way too early because i got all my wisdom teeth out. >> that's just the worst. i had that done when i was 19. got three dry >> all right, one more. michelle in maryland. enjoy watching willie geist and "way too early" every day. i love being able to see thomas because i am his mom. >> she can verify the dry sockets. it was really bad. it was her fault because she took me to mcdonald's and it made me sick so thank you. anyway "morning joe" starts right now. >> wambach, space on the right-hand side. morgan in the box. wambach in the box. here comes the cross. oh, it's i
it's law that just makes sense. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] well hello, welcome to hotels.com. summer road trip, huh? uhuh yep uch let's find you a room. at hotels.com, you'll always find the perfect hotel. because we only do hotels. wow. i like that. nice no. laugh... awe uch ooh, yeah hmm nice huh book it! oh boy call me... this summer, we're finding you the perfect place - plus giving you up to $100 at hotels.com >>> the top of the show, we ask why are you awake? our...
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at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. >>> two children and a young man have died this summer from a rare brain-eating amoeba that lives in the water. a florida girl fell ill after swimming and a virginia boy died after he went to fishing camp. the young man died after using a neti pot. the amoeba was apparently in his tap water. it moves into the body through the nose and destroys brain tissue, causing a fatal disease of the nervous system. experts say the amoeba is usually found in warm ponds or lakes and there's no known treatment for it or the infection it causes. >>> in florida, the university of miami football program is in big trouble. one of its boosters, nevin shapiro, admitted he showered players with money, gifts and sex parties over an eight-year period. shapiro's not going down alone. he says he gave th
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these laws don't pop up necessarily in the blue states. if you look at the way muslims are distributed in this country, just a top ten states where they are, it is not really blue states. only one that -- fits into their there is texas and less than 1% of the population of texas is muslim. it is somebody other than the people who live next to me and i can demonize them and can dem demonize barack obama through these people. people are being used in that way. very sad kind of statement about where we are in our politics in america that we would choose to do that to people who have done nothing wrong. >> well, making your p point, romney adviser signalled in a paper, website buzz feed, that the next phase of the romney campaign strategy will be ruthless said one adviser, i mean this is a guy who admitted to cocaine use, talking about the president. had a sweetheart deal with his house in chicago. was associated worked with rod blagojevich to get valerie jarrett appointed to the senate. i guess that didn't work out if it ever happened. joan,
these laws don't pop up necessarily in the blue states. if you look at the way muslims are distributed in this country, just a top ten states where they are, it is not really blue states. only one that -- fits into their there is texas and less than 1% of the population of texas is muslim. it is somebody other than the people who live next to me and i can demonize them and can dem demonize barack obama through these people. people are being used in that way. very sad kind of statement about...
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california governor jerry brown needily issued a statement indicating he'll sign the law, quote, this bill will enable millions of people to get to work safely and legally. hopefully we'll send a message to washington that immigration reform is long past due. end quote. of the nine other state, six are were enacted just this year. >>> let's get to business now where three major indices in the u.s. in negative territory. they hope to finish the week on a decent note. steve sedgwick live for us in london. good morning. >> yeah, very good day to you. market too a bit of a breather. gold on the way down. materials sector down 1%. in other news, though, it could be the most anticipated ipo since facebook. facebook was a bit of a nightmare for investors. this time, though, facebook could be coming to market valued around 10 billion. and making money on the back of revenues of $10 billion. they promote data, as well and that's how they make their money. elsewhere, technology is the play for the day. when the sec is asking the major exchanges to look at their security systems, look at their t
california governor jerry brown needily issued a statement indicating he'll sign the law, quote, this bill will enable millions of people to get to work safely and legally. hopefully we'll send a message to washington that immigration reform is long past due. end quote. of the nine other state, six are were enacted just this year. >>> let's get to business now where three major indices in the u.s. in negative territory. they hope to finish the week on a decent note. steve sedgwick live...
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it has voted to ban sharia law while passing the worst voter suppression laws in the country. before january, republicans in the tar heel state had not been in control of both of legislative and executive branches for over a century, since reconstruction but they're certainly making up for lost time. eugene, because you're from the carolinas, i would go to you otherwise. north carolina does have a history as al hunt writes in bloomberg, north carolina produced a much envied system of higher education and community colleges, good race relations, a desirable quality of life and healthy business business. the model which served the region and country so well is gone. thank you, governor mccrory. >> it's one of those states that i think has both become more conservative and more liberal or progressive over time. and more polarized. >> yes. >> and so this may be the way north carolina goes. it may swing wildly from progressivism to this sort of beyond -- >> where they're banning sharia law, i have an answer why they've been so off the rails or perhaps part of an answer. the answer'
it has voted to ban sharia law while passing the worst voter suppression laws in the country. before january, republicans in the tar heel state had not been in control of both of legislative and executive branches for over a century, since reconstruction but they're certainly making up for lost time. eugene, because you're from the carolinas, i would go to you otherwise. north carolina does have a history as al hunt writes in bloomberg, north carolina produced a much envied system of higher...
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law enforcement agencies are not going to enforce this law. it's difficult to prove to begin with, but on top of that, congress has historically been very resistance to anything that law enforcement has to say, whether it's the fbi. >> on henry's point, which is forget whether it's illegal or not. where is the law that says if you are at work -- i'm at work right now. i'm work through the morning. we have a stack of meetings. we have to do a bunch of interviews. we have to plan the trip to kentucky and chicago next week. then we have to come down here and do a tv show. we'll have meetings after the show. i don't have to time to run back to my options trading account and offer a point of view on american railroads and the derivatives market in this. how is it politicians consider this to be a professional behavior anymore than the people here at msnbc would be look at me every time i checked my account? >> you're right. congress gets to write the rules. they have written the rules in such a way that even if you get rid of or make illegal inside
law enforcement agencies are not going to enforce this law. it's difficult to prove to begin with, but on top of that, congress has historically been very resistance to anything that law enforcement has to say, whether it's the fbi. >> on henry's point, which is forget whether it's illegal or not. where is the law that says if you are at work -- i'm at work right now. i'm work through the morning. we have a stack of meetings. we have to do a bunch of interviews. we have to plan the trip...
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at vanderbilt school of law. let's go around the horn right in a row. let's start with the question about the difficulty of going to vote. i have spent a lot of time on "hard ball" talking about voting suppression. what does this mean with not mucking it up with more requirements? >> i think it is important to have the least barriers possible to go into the polls. people who erected these barriers try to argue they open the door for fraud. without proving there has been fraud related to identification it is hard to make the case that you need additional barriers. the voting right is so fundamental to our citizenship you want to make it the least burdensome possible. >> where do you think we are heading in terms of the new rules that the rnc under reince priebus seems to be popular with coming up with new nostrums. >> it seems as though the republican party and those who want requirements are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist. as joy said they are trying to prevent fraud but there hasn't been any fraud
at vanderbilt school of law. let's go around the horn right in a row. let's start with the question about the difficulty of going to vote. i have spent a lot of time on "hard ball" talking about voting suppression. what does this mean with not mucking it up with more requirements? >> i think it is important to have the least barriers possible to go into the polls. people who erected these barriers try to argue they open the door for fraud. without proving there has been fraud...
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attorney in washington said the federal law trumps what you guys are going. people are going to say no, enough. and the obama administration just started ramping up prosecutions of this. this is unusual for me. >> yeah. do you agree, goldie? >> i do, except heroin is making a comeback and that's really unfortunate. but do i think the legalization of marijuana will increase its usage, i don't. people who want to partake, are already partaking. so i think that we ought to just remove the gloves, let people do what they want to do in the privacy of their own homes. free up our police to direct their things to things that are much more important. these people aren't going to get in the car and drive. hell, they can't even kind their far keys after a good joint. so the issue really is about criminalizing things and making a pathway for our young boys, chiefly boys, from the high school straight to prison. that pipeline is as straight as it's ever been. >> krystal, another change versus just a few years ago, same-sex marriage. here are the nine states plus d.c. whe
attorney in washington said the federal law trumps what you guys are going. people are going to say no, enough. and the obama administration just started ramping up prosecutions of this. this is unusual for me. >> yeah. do you agree, goldie? >> i do, except heroin is making a comeback and that's really unfortunate. but do i think the legalization of marijuana will increase its usage, i don't. people who want to partake, are already partaking. so i think that we ought to just remove...
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at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> the ongoing conflict in syria has enormous -- the fact of weapon of mass destruction having been used. against the people of their own state. these are crimes against humanity. they cannot be tolerated and they are a threat to the capacity of the global community to be able to live by standards of rules of law. >> that was secretary of state john kerry speaking today in jerusalem after meeting with israeli president benjamin netanyahu. it's part of the administration's diplomatic push to make the proposed disposal of syria's chemical weapons a reality. while kerry heads to paris where he'll meet tomorrow with foreign ministers from france, the uk and saudi arabia, reports of ongoing violence inside syria raised questions about the assad regime's willingness to cooperate with the international community. joining me now to discuss the reaction in the region, nbc's m ayman mo ha deen. we hear on the one sense the rebels from their perspective, this doesn't really solve their problem. they're not particularly pleased with it. many are skeptic
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its powers are circumscribed from the constitution but also from us from the laws that we consent to, that we can revoke, that we vote to be enacted. we have to go along with the powers of our government or our government cannot hold on to those powers, at least for long. that's democracy, right? when the government wants to assume some new, broad power of some kind, part of us deciding to trust you with that new real broad power is us believing that you'll use that power for the purpose you said it was needed. that's why britain detaining glenn greenwald's partner at an airport for nine hours under a british anti-terrorism law is not just objectionable to those involved but bad for the uk and to some extent the u.s. government. if you guys only got this new power because you said you needed it to fight terrorism, using it to fight glenn's boyfriend, use it for something other than fighting terrorism makes people want to take that power away from you. you are misusing the power that you've got so you don't deserve to have that power. but being trusted with really broad power also depe
its powers are circumscribed from the constitution but also from us from the laws that we consent to, that we can revoke, that we vote to be enacted. we have to go along with the powers of our government or our government cannot hold on to those powers, at least for long. that's democracy, right? when the government wants to assume some new, broad power of some kind, part of us deciding to trust you with that new real broad power is us believing that you'll use that power for the purpose you...
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. >> he has the personal, the political and the financial means to flee and evade law enforcement. >> reporter: it was revealed that a grand jury had just indicted strauss-kahn on seven charges, including attempted rape and sexually abuse in the first degree. last weekend inside his expensive suite at this luxury manhattan hotel, prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a hotel maid twice. he's been living in a small cell on rikers island ever since, placed on suicide watch. >> i've considered all of this and i have decided that i will grant a bail. >> reporter: there are strings attached. strauss-kahn must put up $1 million cash bail, a $5 million insurance bond, and his new apartment, electronic and video surveillance, along with an armed guard at the door. estimated cost? $200,000 per month. strauss-kahn will pay for all of it. here to support him, strauss-kahn's wife and daughter. >> it's a great relief to the family to be able to have him with them. >> reporter: but before the family reunion, strauss-kahn will spend one more night in jail, released to a manhattan apartment, the loca
. >> he has the personal, the political and the financial means to flee and evade law enforcement. >> reporter: it was revealed that a grand jury had just indicted strauss-kahn on seven charges, including attempted rape and sexually abuse in the first degree. last weekend inside his expensive suite at this luxury manhattan hotel, prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a hotel maid twice. he's been living in a small cell on rikers island ever since, placed on suicide watch. >>...
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at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. >>> monday's daily rant. >> hey, dylan. the family so fears him that when he reached the ripe old age of 100, his family still wouldn't have any contact with him. the reason? he was last arrested for molesting young children at the age of 90. he used his persona as the friendly grandparent type with parents who let him baby sit their children. it leads to one of the most complicated legal questions ever. is it ever acceptable for someone to be incarcerated for a crime that they are likely to commit someday? usa today recently investigated a complex program in which the u.s. justice department has sought to keep some of the most dangerous sexual predators behind bars after the conclusion of their prison sentences. according to usa today, of the 136 cases, the justice department has lost or dropped 61 cases while winning court approval to continue obtaining just 15 of the men. on the face of it, this may sound like a cut and dried civil rights issue. after all, a former judge, whom i interviewed about this issue, pointed out
at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. >>> monday's daily rant. >> hey, dylan. the family so fears him that when he reached the ripe old age of 100, his family still wouldn't have any contact with him. the reason? he was last arrested for molesting young children at the age of 90. he used his persona as the friendly grandparent type with parents who let him baby sit their children. it leads to one of the most complicated legal questions ever. is it ever acceptable for...
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mitt romney has a law degree and business degree from harvard. meanwhile, republican national committee chairman priebus is deny suggestions his party has a problem with females. >> i know you don't agree but looking at the polls you have a gender gap problem. recent polls show a huge, huge margin for democrats with -- among women voters. how big a problem is it? how do you close it? >> well, for one thing, you know, if the democrats said we had a war on caterpillars, every mainstream media outlet talked about that, then we'd have problems with katter pillers, i mean the fact of the matter is it's a fiction. >> so the caterpillars line essentially putting the blame on the media for creating the women problem or the perception of a women problem. the democrats jumped on those remarks saying they were completely out of touch. yesterday a poll showed the president was ahead of mitt romney by 18 points in key swing states. david axelrod tweeted this, from the department of clueless, rnc chair says gop problems with women are contrived by media. >>> o
mitt romney has a law degree and business degree from harvard. meanwhile, republican national committee chairman priebus is deny suggestions his party has a problem with females. >> i know you don't agree but looking at the polls you have a gender gap problem. recent polls show a huge, huge margin for democrats with -- among women voters. how big a problem is it? how do you close it? >> well, for one thing, you know, if the democrats said we had a war on caterpillars, every...
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and then it's on to the desk of president obama will he will sign the legislation into law before the united states defaults on its obligations at midnight. >>> the moment of the night, though, the surprise appearance of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. [ applause ] giffords received a huge ovation from her colleagues as she cast her vote in favor of the deal. it was her first time back on capitol hill since she was critically wounded in january's tragic shooting in tucson. that's less than seven months ago and there she is standing on the floor of the house of representatives. in a tweet, giffords wrote the capitol looks beautiful and i'm honored to be at work tonight. nancy pelosi thanked giffords for returning to washington for the vote. >> her presence here in the chamber as well as her service throughout her entire service in congress brings honor to this chamber. we are all privileged to call her colleague, some of us very privileged to call her friend. throughout america, there isn't a name that stirs more love, more admiration, more respect, more wishing for our daugh
and then it's on to the desk of president obama will he will sign the legislation into law before the united states defaults on its obligations at midnight. >>> the moment of the night, though, the surprise appearance of arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. [ applause ] giffords received a huge ovation from her colleagues as she cast her vote in favor of the deal. it was her first time back on capitol hill since she was critically wounded in january's tragic shooting in tucson....
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msnbc and this morning we're going to begin with jobs and politics as president obama signed a new law he hopes will "help put americans back to work," his republican rivals were polishing their pitch to american voters and planning their next steps in the race for the white house. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on that. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: let's start in d.c. where the president signed that small business jobs act yesterday which he says will do a couple of things for businesses. first of all, helps start-ups get more money from different sources but also helps businesses go public and that the president says will help them expand and hire more workers. they worked on this jointly with republicans. republicans say their next pitch will be a small business tax break. they're hoping to get the white house to back that. meantime, on the campaign trail, mitt romney says if he were a member at augusta, he would open the club up to women. that has become an issue recently. the president agrees, according to the white house, that his personal opinion, th
msnbc and this morning we're going to begin with jobs and politics as president obama signed a new law he hopes will "help put americans back to work," his republican rivals were polishing their pitch to american voters and planning their next steps in the race for the white house. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on that. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: let's start in d.c. where the president signed that small business jobs act yesterday which he says...
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. >>> a new nbc/wall street journal asked americans, how much do they understand the law? only 10% say they understand obama care very well. another 20% say they understand it pretty well. 35% say they understand only some, 34% say they don't understand it very well at all. >>> when asked about how they feel on obama care, only 31% say it's a good idea. 44% feel it is a bad idea. >>> a charlotte police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man has been charged with voluntary manslaughter using excessive force. jonathan farrell who was running towards police after getting into a car accident. >>> the associated press has a new report out saying over 65,000 bridges in the u.s. are classified as structurally deficient. including washington, d.c.'s douglas bridge and new york's brooklyn bridge. engineers claim the bridges are safe and not about to collapse. >>> in green bay, about two dozen native american protesters demanded the nfl do something about washington redskins race based mascot. dan snyder owns the fame redskins and has no plans to change the team's name. >>> now
. >>> a new nbc/wall street journal asked americans, how much do they understand the law? only 10% say they understand obama care very well. another 20% say they understand it pretty well. 35% say they understand only some, 34% say they don't understand it very well at all. >>> when asked about how they feel on obama care, only 31% say it's a good idea. 44% feel it is a bad idea. >>> a charlotte police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man has been charged with...
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jane carney said the president is focused on fighting gun crime with, existing law rather then a pushing for legislation. we'll talk about this with mayor bloomberg of new york city ahead on "morning joe." >>> also ts morning at 9:00 eastern time, the ncaa expected to announce its punishment against penn state university after the child sex abuse scandal there. yesterday morning before dawn construction crews under the orders of penn state's president began removing the iconic statue of coach joe paterno who died six months ago but was implicated in a report released by former fbi director louis freeh ten days ago. you can see the statue coming down in this remarkable photograph from "the central daily times." the top university officials including coach paterno were involved in covering up sexual abuse allegations against former coach jerry sandusky for a decade. the ncaa says the punishment will be quote, corrective and punitive. a source who spoke to "the new york times" said it would include a stiff financial penalty. a number of lost scholarships, a post-season bowl ban and freedom
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, wanting to get rid of a law that has given people coverage, that would actually take coverage away from people, would take coverage away from you? what do you think about that? >> it's gotten to the point where it's something that i cannot support and will not support anybody with that position. we're talking about something that affects my life and affects a lot of the people that i love and care about. and it's not right. it's not fair and it's pure blind partisanship that is drawing this rain of thought. at the risk of destroying this country it seems like the republican party is really obsessed with being against anything that barack obama is for, whether it was their idea to begin with or whose idea. i mean, at some point we need to set aside our partisanship and focus on what's good for the people of this country and, you know, when you're not even participating in the process the way the republicans have refused to participate in it, you're not -- you're not really doing public service. you're not serving from a servant's heart anymore and, really, you need to get out of the
, wanting to get rid of a law that has given people coverage, that would actually take coverage away from people, would take coverage away from you? what do you think about that? >> it's gotten to the point where it's something that i cannot support and will not support anybody with that position. we're talking about something that affects my life and affects a lot of the people that i love and care about. and it's not right. it's not fair and it's pure blind partisanship that is drawing...
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places like south carolina that have passed these laws, politically, it's not hurting anyone to not fix these problems. >> the beautiful thing about the fact that politically no one can be hurt, congressman, is because of the closed primaries in the gerrymandered districts, you could have a congressman with a 20% approval rating in a gerrymandered district there's never going to elect a democrat. he never has a primary challenger. he continues to be bought off. he doesn't reform anything. and you guys, people with your job, are basically like anointed nobility that have been put up for sale to the highest bidder with an 80% chance that every gerrymandered district will never change hands so long as the royal parties, thou republican and thou democrat, give food unto us. >> wow. that was a lot, dylan. but let me say a couple things. first, i would say there's a little bit of a false equivalence. i recognize that people when they look at the system say, you have had opportunities to change. and you haven't. but i say false equivalence, because you look at the people that are in the forefr
places like south carolina that have passed these laws, politically, it's not hurting anyone to not fix these problems. >> the beautiful thing about the fact that politically no one can be hurt, congressman, is because of the closed primaries in the gerrymandered districts, you could have a congressman with a 20% approval rating in a gerrymandered district there's never going to elect a democrat. he never has a primary challenger. he continues to be bought off. he doesn't reform anything....
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law, it immediately turns off a voting block republicans need. he wants to see policies that encourage people to vote and he's accusing north carolina of punishing minority voters. how ironic is that? >> it's incredibly ironic. i think we need to be aware of the extent of the racism that still permeates the society. there's a tendency, you look back 50 years to the march on washington and talk about the progress that's been made. obviously there's been significant progress. but there's a tendency to overstate it. and that leads you to overlook the problems that exist now. the problems of continuing racism, job discrimination, housing discrimination, schools are probably as segregated or almost as segregated now, public schools, as they were back in 1963. relative to whites, black wealth has not increased at all since 1963. all of these problems are rooted to some extent in the different treatment that blacks get relative to whites and there's been a reluctant to acknowledge that. >> there's a reluctance to even discuss it. there's almost a sense
law, it immediately turns off a voting block republicans need. he wants to see policies that encourage people to vote and he's accusing north carolina of punishing minority voters. how ironic is that? >> it's incredibly ironic. i think we need to be aware of the extent of the racism that still permeates the society. there's a tendency, you look back 50 years to the march on washington and talk about the progress that's been made. obviously there's been significant progress. but there's a...
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today the supreme court said that is at odds of the federal law. so it struck the arizona law down. now, arizona had this law at least three other, possibly four other states did and several others were waiting if the supreme court upheld it to enact similar requirements. people who challenged the arizona law said it was an attempt to suppress the votes by minority group members or people who were naturalized citizens because it set up additional hurdles that they had to cross that someone else would not. arizona said it was a way to reduce voter fraud. the supreme court said if you want this you have to go to the group and say we want to have an additional requirement on the form and can we change the form, if the feds say no then arizona could sue. they can't do this on their own. >> we have these five decisions that have come down today. we have 14 cases left that need to be decided by the end of next week. prop 8, doma, voting rights, affirmative action. should we be reading into why this might be taking so long? >> it is a great question. we don't know what they do in their pri
today the supreme court said that is at odds of the federal law. so it struck the arizona law down. now, arizona had this law at least three other, possibly four other states did and several others were waiting if the supreme court upheld it to enact similar requirements. people who challenged the arizona law said it was an attempt to suppress the votes by minority group members or people who were naturalized citizens because it set up additional hurdles that they had to cross that someone else...
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at the end of the day to get something into law it has to pass the house. there's a lot of conservatives in the house that are worried about primaries. remember, the elect rat in an offyear election tends to be older and tends to be whiter. these guys are all about survival. they're not going to do anything that they think will make it more likely that someone more conservative than themselves would challenge them in a primary. for them it is about survival. >> what about the risks on the other side? are there risks for president obama in all of this? >> there's risk. you look at immigration, i tend to agree with democrats that he probably has a stronger hand given that republicans feel like they have to do something that he's wanted to do. but, remember, the president had his chance. he promised to do immigration reform in the first year of his first term. and he didn't do it. and he didn't do it when he had all democratic control. so he could have done it. he chose not to do it. so he's under a lot of pressure because he made that same promise again this
at the end of the day to get something into law it has to pass the house. there's a lot of conservatives in the house that are worried about primaries. remember, the elect rat in an offyear election tends to be older and tends to be whiter. these guys are all about survival. they're not going to do anything that they think will make it more likely that someone more conservative than themselves would challenge them in a primary. for them it is about survival. >> what about the risks on the...
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. >> he's an honors graduate of harvard college and harvard law school. judge roberts has earned the respect of people from both political parties. [ freeman ] a hundredth of a second? ♪ it's faster than the blink of an eye. ♪ faster than a flash of lightning. and it was the difference between michael phelps winning eight gold medals... instead of seven. a hundredth of a second... just think of the cheers if lightning strikes twice. visa. supporting athletes and the olympic games for 25 years. join our global cheer. >>> it's coming up on 5:43 in the morning as you look at a beautiful picture in rockefeller center where it's cooled off thanks to a wild storm yesterday. heavy rain drenching the northeast and lighting up the sky in manhattan. the game between the yankees and the toronto blue jays was called in the seventh inning. at least it helped cut some of the heat. let's get a check on the weather with meteorologist bill karins. >> that's the story. some of us got lucky and got the thunderstorms that cooled us off. others didn't. >> 104? >> 104 in n
. >> he's an honors graduate of harvard college and harvard law school. judge roberts has earned the respect of people from both political parties. [ freeman ] a hundredth of a second? ♪ it's faster than the blink of an eye. ♪ faster than a flash of lightning. and it was the difference between michael phelps winning eight gold medals... instead of seven. a hundredth of a second... just think of the cheers if lightning strikes twice. visa. supporting athletes and the olympic games for...
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it's not clear yet whether they're going to be prosecuted under australia recording privacy law. >>> finally, a little bit of controversy surrounding this year's annual christmas tree in washington. really? this charity concert was attended by the president and his family. here's the deal. south korean rapper psy performed his gangnam style dance. his performance came just days after video had surfaced of psy using anti-inflammatory, anti-american language and leading u.s. anti-protests. that was at a concert in 2004. on friday psy issued an apology for those lyrics. they were part of the anti-iraq war movement. k despite the controversy, it aired on tnt. >>> as always, let me know why you're awake. shoot me an e-mail. you can tweet me at bill karins or you can text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we'll read -- that was kind of count dracula. we'll read the responses on the show. still ahead on "way too early." this is the one regarding the status of robert griffin iii's knee. he banged it up. he went down and leaving the redskins playoff hopes in the hands of a r
it's not clear yet whether they're going to be prosecuted under australia recording privacy law. >>> finally, a little bit of controversy surrounding this year's annual christmas tree in washington. really? this charity concert was attended by the president and his family. here's the deal. south korean rapper psy performed his gangnam style dance. his performance came just days after video had surfaced of psy using anti-inflammatory, anti-american language and leading u.s....
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reason that i must tell those who fail to report for duty this morning they are in violation of the law and if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they are forfeited their jobs and will be terminated. >> the daily flashback. it was on this day 30 years ago that the professional air traffic controllers association walked off the job. president reagan branded the strike illegal and followed through on this threat, firing more than 11,000 employees who refused to return to work. some of the air traffic controllers only work at a national airport because of that. after congress failed to come up with a plan to end the faa's partial shutdown, it means 4,000 employees will be out of work through labor day, costing the government $1.2 billion in uncollected ticket taxes. >>> with ten days to go to the ames straw poll, michele bachmann is up with a new ad statewide filmed on the city's main street. >> barack obama has driven our economy into a ditch. someone needs to say no. i voted against raising the debt limit because it's time to balance the budget and pay down the debt. i mean it.
reason that i must tell those who fail to report for duty this morning they are in violation of the law and if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they are forfeited their jobs and will be terminated. >> the daily flashback. it was on this day 30 years ago that the professional air traffic controllers association walked off the job. president reagan branded the strike illegal and followed through on this threat, firing more than 11,000 employees who refused to return to work....
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republicans are pressing ahead with plans to repeal the president's health care law, again. will they get more democrats to join them this time around? >>> plus, sigourney weaver's new series, coming up. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day men's 50+ healthy advantage. >>> the supreme court has spoken but house republicans are putting the president's health care law on trial this week, scheduling a vote tomorrow to repeal the law even though it won't get past the senate. the debate is under way in the house and new york congressman steve israel is chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee and joins me now. congressman, thanks so much. does this create a problem for you not only on the house side but potentially on the senate side with other votes that are taking place on taxes, for instance, or positions that are bein
republicans are pressing ahead with plans to repeal the president's health care law, again. will they get more democrats to join them this time around? >>> plus, sigourney weaver's new series, coming up. [ male announcer ] research suggests the health of our cells plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day...
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and they've been trying to do this, you know, since the law passed in 2010. and, you know, it's just -- even republican senators acknowledge this is not going to happen. obama is never going to allow this to happen. it's not worth trying. but to just go back to what the point jared was making earlier about the gerrymandering in the districts, i think that's really critical here. because a lot of these house republicans are hearing from the conservative activists and their very conservative sort of republican dominated districts. the voters in those districts really want this -- want this fight. they want to be fighting on obama care here. >> go ahead, matt. >> just to make a point, a lot of, i think, democrats look at this as republicans are just crazy people and they've gone off the deep end. sure, there's an argument for that. but i would also draw a lesson of 2006. what were democrats doing? they were tired on the comportment level of nominating people who were supposed to be, you know, you could take them home and show them to mama like john kerry back in
and they've been trying to do this, you know, since the law passed in 2010. and, you know, it's just -- even republican senators acknowledge this is not going to happen. obama is never going to allow this to happen. it's not worth trying. but to just go back to what the point jared was making earlier about the gerrymandering in the districts, i think that's really critical here. because a lot of these house republicans are hearing from the conservative activists and their very conservative sort...
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at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> because obama made a big speech that got liberals excited for once, right? did you see that speech? not everybody excited, biden fell asleep. you saw that? which looks bad for him. on the bright side, he may be named now an air traffic controller. >> there was bill maher, the top story on msnbc this morning, the do little raids did a remarkable lot for world war ii. at the top of show, we asked you why you're awake. our producer has some of the answers. >> a mixed bag today. ron writes camping out in the donald's driveway in palm beach, florida, hoping to get a job on his presidential campaign staff. he's in town to celebrate the town's 100th anniversary. >> we appreciate that e-mail. if donald trump is not hiring, gary busey is. >>> peter writes it is tax day and as a new york cpa, i'm getting the administrative work done early so i can concentrate on the fun, personal and corporate e-mails today. >> nice. what else smp greg writes, i'm trying to verify the rumor that willie geist is now in the federal protection program. >> we're trying to
at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> because obama made a big speech that got liberals excited for once, right? did you see that speech? not everybody excited, biden fell asleep. you saw that? which looks bad for him. on the bright side, he may be named now an air traffic controller. >> there was bill maher, the top story on msnbc this morning, the do little raids did a remarkable lot for world war ii. at the top of show, we asked you why you're awake. our producer...
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court this this term, which is dramatic enough with arizona immigration and the federal health care law. so the earlier it could come is next term, if it can make it that early. but, again, just because someone asked the u.s. supreme court to take the case, doesn't mean they will. and if the decision is a narrow one, there's less incentive for then to take the case. they have declared prop 8 unconstitutional. one other thing, i cannot imagine that it off the books for now, they will put a stay on this while the appeals continue, so that gay marriages cannot start up for now in california i think. >> what was the make up of the smaller group here that decided this on the ninth circuit, is there any reason to believe that backers here think they will get more idealological favor eed judges on this. >> you start with a three-judge panel. it was a mix. you have one of the most liberal judges, and then you had a conservative judge and sort of moderate. so was fairly mixed. the ninth circuit is one of the more liberal courts of appeal in the country. there are conservatives, so going for the
court this this term, which is dramatic enough with arizona immigration and the federal health care law. so the earlier it could come is next term, if it can make it that early. but, again, just because someone asked the u.s. supreme court to take the case, doesn't mean they will. and if the decision is a narrow one, there's less incentive for then to take the case. they have declared prop 8 unconstitutional. one other thing, i cannot imagine that it off the books for now, they will put a stay...
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he wants to impose islamic law, limit the rights of women. his party is not pro-american, as mubarak was for decades, and he is fiercely anti-israel. morsi quickly declared victory, promising to reach out to all egyptians. but he faces a battle for power with the military, which will not give up without a fight. the ruling military council made a preemptive strike, eliminating the new president's powers to declare war, control the army, or replace its leaders. the reaction was this. >> people love mohammed morsi. >> a crowd of supporters in tahrir square. a movement began offering thanks in prayer, and opposing the military decree. this celebration has been a long time coming. for decades, the muslim brotherhood was banned in this country, its leaders arrested. but now the muslim brotherhood appears to have won egypt's presidentsy. it is a nightmare for this country's second lair military, an experiment in political islam that could now spread from here in tahrir square across the middle east. a prospect that frightens a tour operator passing
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that gets divvied to meet campaign finance laws. nearly 31,000 for dnc. the last across state party commissions many of which are key battleground states as you can see including ohio and florida. now the dash for cash jump-started long ago try day 65 of the obama presidency. tony bennett crooned on march 25th, 2009. why so early? candidates cannot ignore history. more money means more votes. obama beat mccain in money and won. bush, xliii the same. exception, dole led in cash but lost. where cash is not king. white house correspondents dinner, even celebrities jockey for tickets to the annual presidential roast that bring hollywood and d.c. together. this all may sound daunting to you. this obama campaign tweet may give you hope. $3 gets you in on a raffle for that dinner with the president and clooney. your chances? a lottery ticket might be a better bet. let's bring in two people with inside access to the big-time political fund-raiser scene. you worked closely with the clintons and dnc and new york city mayor and also joined by a republican strategist
that gets divvied to meet campaign finance laws. nearly 31,000 for dnc. the last across state party commissions many of which are key battleground states as you can see including ohio and florida. now the dash for cash jump-started long ago try day 65 of the obama presidency. tony bennett crooned on march 25th, 2009. why so early? candidates cannot ignore history. more money means more votes. obama beat mccain in money and won. bush, xliii the same. exception, dole led in cash but lost. where...
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he believes strongly in trying to slow down or delay or stop the health care law but circumstances of how the government runs don't permit that. the health and human services department is able to begin, as we're seeing, steps for enrollment for the health care law. a disconnect between what is achievable and what is not. that led to a certain degree to the standoff that resulted in a shutdown. there is considerable frustration among republicans. >> kelly, i want to remind everyone of a government by photo-op we have and posturing from all sides. take a look again at this picture of house republicans for a fake photo-op for a conference that was not supposed to be taking place with confearrrees the senate that were not going to come. look at this lineup of not diverse members of the house republican leadership? what kind of an advertisement is that. >> one of the things i find sort of striking here is we attended senate democrats had their news conference and they had brand-new posters printed up. certainly as members of the media we appreciate having access to them and through news c
he believes strongly in trying to slow down or delay or stop the health care law but circumstances of how the government runs don't permit that. the health and human services department is able to begin, as we're seeing, steps for enrollment for the health care law. a disconnect between what is achievable and what is not. that led to a certain degree to the standoff that resulted in a shutdown. there is considerable frustration among republicans. >> kelly, i want to remind everyone of a...
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his brother-in-law defense minister and head of his crisis team are all now dead. rebels say they've planned the bombing and army helicopters are still retaliati firing on neighborhoods as the war rages on. the u.n. security council was supposed to be voting this hour on a resolution to put additional sanctions on syria and the assad regime. that has been delayed till tomorrow. russia, of course, has veto power over the security council and has been strongly against both added sanctions or military intervention in syria. there are also reports the white house is saying to stay away from all of this till after the november elections. but pentagon chief leon panetta says we might not be able to wait that long. >> we are very concerned by the increasing violence that's taking place in syria. the violence there has only gotten worse and the loss of lives has only increased. which tells us that this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control. >> all right. we will start now with nbc news foreign correspondent eamon mohyeldin and mike viqueira at the white ho
his brother-in-law defense minister and head of his crisis team are all now dead. rebels say they've planned the bombing and army helicopters are still retaliati firing on neighborhoods as the war rages on. the u.n. security council was supposed to be voting this hour on a resolution to put additional sanctions on syria and the assad regime. that has been delayed till tomorrow. russia, of course, has veto power over the security council and has been strongly against both added sanctions or...